Tamarindo Surf Report - Costa Rica: July 2009

Friday, July 31, 2009

Friday , July 31, La Finca

Photos By Rafael Sandoval WRSC

Killian Surf Instructor WRSC

Luis Castro Surf Guide WRSC

Guest Student WRSC

Guest Surfer WRSC

Guest Student WRSC

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Thursday, 30 July

Photos By Luis Castro WRSC

Tamarindo Wave

Carlos Surf Instructor WRSC

Tourist Surfer WRSC

Guest Student WRSC

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Wednesday, July 30th

Photos By Luis Castro WRSC

Tamarindo Wave

Guest Student WRSC

Andres Surf Instructor WRSC

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Tuesday, July 28th

Photos By Luis Castro WRSC

Greg Guest Student WRSC

Jennifer Guest Student WRSC

Tripp Guest Student WRSC

Tamarindo Wave

Noel Guest Student WRSC

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Saturday, July 25th Avellanas River Mouth

Photos By Rafael Sandoval WRSC

Avellanas Beach Betty..

Rasta Tourist Surfer Avellanas River Mouth..

Local Surfer Avellanas..

Tourist Surfer Avellanas.

Tourist Surfer Avellanas River Mouth

Carlos Tourist Surfer Avellanas River Mouth.

Niko Local Surfer from Quepos

Tourist Surfer Girl Avellanas River Mouth.

Friday, July 24, 2009

Hi everyone, its Joe Walsh sending in a surf update from the southern zone of Costa Rica. Currently I am aboard the Zori, our new 48 ft. surf yacht, anchored in Drake Bay. Today seems to be the biggest the waves have been for this current swell. On the Osa Peninsula, we surfed Rio Claro, a left point / reef, that was breaking double overhead plus. We were a little undergunned (not to mention it was really heavy) so after a couple of waves we took off and went north. We found some 6-8ft waves breaking outside of the Rio Serpe, and we tried to surf them, but there was just too much water moving around. It was more like a 30 minute paddle session against the high tide push that was shooting us up into the river mouth. Here in Drake Bay there is a left wrapping into the bay that is about head high and seems super clean, with light offshore winds. The locals are saying its the biggest it has been in quite some time. Outside of Drake Bay along the west coast of Osa, a local surfer claimed Punta LLorena was 25 feet and throwing. I didn't see it personally so I can't say if it was really breaking that big, but definitely there are triple overhead waves breaking along this stretch of coast and basically nobody out surfing. It is a MACKING swell. Tomorrow we'll pull into Gulfo Dulce and hopefully get some waves a little more manageable surf (or some bigger boards!)